Receptacle



March 16, 1943. M. LITMAN A2,313,882 f 'RECEPTACLE Filed June 15, 1942 Patented Mar. 16, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RECEPTACLE Morris Ltinan, springneld, Mass.

Application June 15, 1942, Serial No.`447,0.81

2 Claims.

rected to the provision of a receptacle having relatively swingable closure means all constructed and arranged whereby the device may `be placed over an object and operated so as to pick up and retrieve the object.

The novel features of the invention are adapt ed for broad application but is particularly adapted for picking up or retrieving such as incendiary bombs and the like.

With the foregoing and various other novel features and advantages and other objects of my invention as Will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed an-d more fully described and referred to in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is an end elevational view of a receptacle apparatus embodying the novel features of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a small scale side elevational view of the apparatus shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a small scale end elevational view of the apparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 2 showing the closure means in open position; and

lFig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevational view through the apparatus with the closure means in open position.

Referring now to the drawing more in detail, the invention will be fully described.

A receptacle 2 has top, end and side walls 4, 6 and 8 and is `open on its lower side. The receptacle may be made from Various materials but will preferably be made from metal. A handle or bale l is provided which is secured -to the upper wall 4.

Closure means consists of members l2, has side walls I4 hinged at I6 to the walls 8, and bottom and end walls I8 and 20 secured to said walls I4. The closure members l2 are preferably made in the form of scoops adapted to pick up objects as Well as to close the open lower side of the receptacle.

A handle 22 has end parts 24 slidable in guides 26y secured to the end walls `l. Braces 30 arranged in pairs at opposite ends of the receptacle are pivoted at 32 to the end walls of the closure members and are pvoted intermediate their the receptacle.

ends t'o the ends ofthe handle parts 24 as at 34.

Tension springs :36 have their y'opposite 'ends connected to the upper ends of the braces `at 38. The springs yieldingly resist movement of the braces from the closed position :of the :closure members shown in Fig. 1 to the open position thereof shown in Figs. 3 and 4 and urge the closure members to their yclosed position. As previously stated, the closure members are arranged to eiciently close the open end of the receptacle and to function as scoops when moving from open to their closed position.

The braces may be employed for supporting the structure with the closure means in the closed position of Fig. 1 as well as to actuate the closure members in their swinging movements.

In operation the device may be located over an object to be retrieved and with the hand grasping the members IU and 22 the latter may be depressed to act on the braces and open the closure means. When the member 22 is released the springs 36 operate to move the braces which swing the closure members to their closed position so that they scoop up the object and close If the object is resting on the :door the braces may support the device so that by pressing on the member 22 the closure members are opened by the swingingVV of the braces.

The device is adapted for broad use but is particularly adapted for picking up and containing incendiary bombs and the like. To that end the closure members and the receptacle, if desired, may be lined with some non-inflammable material indicated by 40, vsuch as asbestos or the like. There may be supporting means in the form of a transverse or longitudinal member or members such as 42 in the receptacle for supporting lire extinguishing material for release by the heat of the object. As an example, there may be a sack on the supporting means that contains sand or some other material adapted to extinguish and smother the re of the bomb or other object. The sack will be ruptured by the re or heat of the bomb so as to releasethe extinguishing material onto the bomb supported by the closed closure members.

The invention may be embodied in other specic forms without departing from the essential characteristics thereof. Hence, the present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects merely as being illustrative and not as being restrictive, the scope of the invention bei ing indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all modifications and variations as fall within the meaning side Walls of the receptacle and provided with relatively inclined lower walls and end walls, said closure members arranged so that when in closed position their side and end walls are dis'- f posed as continuations of the end and side walls".`

of the end and side walls of the receptacle with A the lower walls and end walls in abutting re'- lation, operating means slidable up and down on the end walls of the receptacle, apair of 'actuating members at each end of the receptacle, the members of each pair arranged relatively diagonally and pivoted intermediate their ends :to the operating means for relative swinging movements, pivotal connections between each actuating member and an adjacent end wall "of a closure member and disposed below said Y rst named pivotal connections, and tension 'spring means connecting the upper ends of each j pair of actuating members.

2. A device of the class described comprising in combination, a receptacle having top, side and end walls and an open lower side, closure members having side walls hinged at upper longitudinal edges to lower longitudinal edges ofthe side walls of the receptacle and provided with relatively inclined lower walls and end walls, said closure members arranged so that when in closed position their side and end walls are disposed as continuations of the end and side Walls of the end and side walls of the receptacle with the lower Walls and end walls in abutting relation, operating means slidable up and down on the end walls of the receptacle, a pair of actuating members at each end of the receptacle, the

members of each pair arranged relatively diagonally and pivoted intermediate their ends to the operating means` for relative swinging movements, pivotal connections between each actuating member and an adjacent end -wall of a closure member and disposed below said first named pivotal connections, tension spring means connecting the upper ends of each pair of actuating members, and the lower ends of the actuating members extending beyond the pivotal connections of the said members and closure end walls adapted to serve as supports for the device when the closure members are in closed position.

MORRIS LITMAN. 

